It began in an attic apartment in Paris. Smoking little cigars out the window.Barely enough space to walk between the bed, the desk, and the tiny shower in the corner. Days spent at the keyboard.A noon walk to the park for a baguette and cheese.Then back to the keyboard again. This was where Lucian Lightbringer…
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The Day I Became a Bestselling Author (and What Really Mattered)
Feel good now. Today it became official. My book Lucian Lightbringer & God’s Bounty hit #1 on the Amazon Bestseller charts. And I’ve gotta say… It made me feel good now. It also went straight to my head. For about two seconds: Me: “I now expect everyone to refer to me as Jack Dolinar, BSA.”Belle’s…
Six Years With an Exiled Angel
Six years ago, I met an exiled angel who changed my life. It was 2019. I was living in a tiny attic apartment in northern Paris. A sloping roof with one small window. A mattress tucked under it. A shower pod in the corner. A hot plate on top of a mini-fridge. A desk pressed…
Lucian Lightbringer & God’s Bounty – Chapter 5: Between the Lines
Her skin was dark, black as coal, and her eyes were an intoxicating violet. They shone when she laughed. She laughed often. It was a full sound, alive, and I couldn’t get enough of it. She laughed when she met me, so out of place. What was someone like you doing in a place like…
Lucian Lightbringer & God’s Bounty – Chapter 4B: Patchwork Alliance
Erin bit her lip, considering. “We can always go back to Plan A,” I said, pain making me snappish. “Where I kill you, toss your body, and check the coordinates myself.” She sighed and shot me a withering look. “Kubos 3E3. A moon closer to the Center. There’s a place where we can lay low…
Lucian Lightbringer & God’s Bounty – Chapter 4A: A Price on My Halo
To be fair, there were always at least a dozen contracts worth more than ten million credits. Probably more if you counted backroom deals and unofficial hunts that never made it to the boards of any legitimate bounty hunting team. Link Grave, the legendary pirate captain, had a bounty of fifty million credits on his…
Lucian Lightbringer & God’s Bounty – Chapter 3B: A Demon’s Leap
I scrambled to my feet, scooping up the Kheerzu sniper rifle in my left hand and the Colt revolver in my right, and sprinted for the exit. Behind me, her laspistols went pheew, pheew, covering my retreat. The barking orders of the camo-clad hunters and the ponderous whir of the Threezens’ miniguns echoed over the…
Lucian Lightbringer & God’s Bounty – Chapter 3A: Nowhere to Run
I dove sideways, my white robes billowing around me as Watcher whipped his hand out of the bag. In his grip was a Thundercrown F8, its long, laser-scoped barrel spitting bolts of blue-white energy that blasted across Chester’s kiosk. Rounding the corner, I lost my grip on Lilith as I caught myself with both hands,…
Lucian Lightbringer & God’s Bounty – Chapter 2B: Dead Man Docking
I swung the ship’s nose around, circling the station. Up close, Clarion was enormous—larger than any orbital station in this region had a right to be. My ship, Umbra, looked like an ant next to a bloodthirsty tarantula. The truth was, Clarion wasn’t supposed to exist. It wasn’t on any official holomaps, and its data…
Lucian Lightbringer & God’s Bounty – Chapter 2A: The Weight of Gold
I stepped out of the shower, cold droplets beading on my skin, and grabbed a towel from the bar. Scrubbing my face vigorously, I crossed the white-tiled floor to the mirror. Draping the towel around my neck, I stared at my reflection. Silver eyes stared back, framed by a week’s worth of stubble on my…